Improvement in milk-can and cooler



SAMUEL SHATTUC,

0F KIPTON, OHIO.

Letlnrx Patent No. 107,107, dated September' 6, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN MILK-CAN AND COOLER.

The Schedule referred tu in mese Letten Peteur and mlJdng pitt ofthe nmo- To all 101mm it may concern Be 4il; known that I, Sumner. Snuruc, of Kipton, n the county of Lor-nin :ind Stute oi Ollio, have invented n certnin new und improved Onu and Cooler for Transportation of Milk and I do hereby declare th-.it the following is n full, cloni", and complete de scription ofthe same, reference being' had to the accompari ying drawing,r making part of this specification.

Description.4

Figure l is n side elevation of rl e apparatus.

Figure 2, a plan view of the same.

Figure 3, e vertical transverse section.

. Like letters of reference reil'er to like ports in the severa-l views. "Q v This invention has for its object the transportation of milk from the dairy to the cheese-fltotory, or other place or places, and keeping the same at a. cool Atemperature during its transit, so that the a-nimnl heat und odor shall be freed therefrom.

It also relates to the construction ol the milkcan, so that the bottom thereof shall have its bearing on its marginal surface, thereby relieving the centml section thereof from undue strain, and thus providing for its greater strength :md security in holding the milk, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

A represents n cylindrical vessel, the capacity of which being more or less, as muy be required.

0n the bottom ofsnid vessel, and transversely therewith, is iitted n pipe, B, lig. 3, also indicated by the dotted linesc, fig. 2, the purpose Yof which will presently be shown.

O, tig. 1, is the milk-cnn, which is niso cylindrical in shape, but tnller and of less diameter than the vessel A in which it is plrwed, so that; between the cnn and the wnllvut' the vessel A, there is rv wirlespnce or nnv nnlnr chamber D.

In said ca-n is a. right-angled pipe, Ethe vertical leg of which penetrntes the bottom of' the can, und

communicates with the vessel A, whereas the horizontnl leg thereof penetrates the side of the can near the brim, and is put in direct colnmunhnttion with reservoir or water-tank, 1"', by menus cf niiexible tube, G.

The vessel A is also connected with the tank by c flexible tube, H, both of which enter the bottom of the tnnk, und muy each be provided with n thueet, for l'e. hinting the flow of wnier therefrom to the vessel re erred to. v

It is well known to those having the cave and transnltullon uf milk that it sutiers serions injury if', while elngcnrrled, itis long exposed to the heet of the su'ninn-r days.

The nnirnnl lient nud odor alwnys present iu new milk must irst be removed before it cnn be mede into good cheese or butter, and for that purpose the soonerit is removed the better will be the quality Vof' the cheese and butter. v l l To accomplish this, and, furthermore, to prevent 1t from soon becoming sour, is the object of myinvention, and the practical operation of tiresome is es follows:

The vessel A is placed upon the door of the milkwagon or other place, and secured thereto by nny surtnble menus. wagon, cnr, or other place, and in such relation to the vessel that it shall be elevated above it, ns shown in In the tnuk isi placed cold weter, which is kept at u. low temperature by the presence of ice. The milk for transportation` is filled into the can 0. This being done, it is then surrounded with ice-water from the tank, by discharging therefrom, through the tube G, flowing through the pipe E, as indicuted by the arrows, thereby surrounding the milk-crm wit-h ice by filling the spaces D.

It will be obvious that by this ineens the entire milk-cnn and its contents are not only surrounded by the ice und wnter,a.nd thereby rapidly reduced and retained nt a low tempernture,b1|t the more central portion of the mass ci' milk is also exposed to the inilnence of the ice-water, filling the pipe so that the entire mass of milk is'rnpidly reduced to the temper-n- 'ture of' the icc, thereby not only dissipating the onimul heut and odor therefrom, but also protecting it from the inlluenoe of the summer heart, so that the milk can be transported safely, and without injury, to its destination.

A cor'rstnntcurrent of' ivnter can be caused to flow from the reservoir into the vessel, by allowing the surplus water to tlow over the erige thereof, or from nny point in the side of the vessel.v

By this means the water, as fast as it may become warmed by the heat'of the milk, is replaced by ncooler suppl f This is especially desil'uble when themilk is to be conveyed to n considerable distance, and the weather unusually warm. l

vIt will he'observsd thntztlnr induction ofthe cold water is at all times at the center of the vessel,`and from which point it is diffusori tothe surrounding mass of milk, thereby liist cooling the milk where the larger amount of heat is present,

Instead of the milk-can 0, above described, being.

used in combination with the vessel A, an ordinary milk-cnn muy be used therewith, by placing it within Ythe vessel, its bottom resting upon the pipe B, and

other supports by the sides thereof. ln the event that suoli a can is used, itis surrounded with ier-wu- The water-tank F is also placed in thc waste.

1t will be observed that the bottom J, fig. 3, of the milk-cnn, is convex on its upper side, und eononire on its Linder side.

lly this lut-:ins the peiiphery ofthe bottom ls made to support the weight ot' the can :md its contents, thervhy relieving the central section f'rom contact with the floor or bottom of the vessel or supports; hence no great train is exerted upon thconnectien of the pipe with the bottom ot' the can; therefole it will not hewnl l-'lkyl in conequence cfu-ny jarring to which the apparatus muy be subjected, which, if the bottom was tint; and nested upon soute support, would canse aieukage of the pipe. :it itsjunction with the bottom.

In order w support the aides of the can in its connection with the bottom, a deep tiunge, b, iig. 3, is turned np, elubmclng the outside theieof, and which is soldered theleto, giving, by this means, additional `strength to the can, making the same strong, durable,

nnd tight;

It will be observed that the pipe E in connects-ll to the bottoni ofthe clin by :in unnnlzn' llnnge, K, \vln-reby the connection ot' the two ports is greatly strengthened, und mudo more securely tlght.

Claims.

What I cluitn as my lnventlomand desire to secure by Lettera Patent, is

1. The milk-uuu U, when constructed with a pipe, E, concave bottom J, substantially as described und for the purpose speeitied.

2. The milk-can 0, as arranged in relation to, and in combination with the vessel A, Water-llink F, and

connecting pipe, in the manner substantially ne (le- 

